Improvement in pruning-shears



GEORGE n. SPIELMAN.

Pruning-Shears.

No. 127,279, Patented May28 1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN PRUNlNG-SHEAR3.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,279, dated May 28,1872.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, GEORGE D. SPIELMAN, ofLancaster, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Pruning-Shears; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of myinvention, and Figs. 2 and 3 are details of the same.

My invention has relation to pruning-shears.

The object of my invention is chiefly to provide means whereby a bunchof grapes, a flower, or other cutting, after being severed from the vineor bush, may be safely held while being carried to a proper receptacle.The novelty of my invention consists, therefore, in the combi nation,with the cutting'blade and the curved serrated jaw, of a rubber blockand a metallic clip to hold it, said block and clip being at. tached tothe cutting-blade, and constructed substantially as hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawing, AB representthetwo crossed and pivoted handles of myimproved pruningshears. O is the cutting-blade, having a con vex edge. Dis a concave jaw, having a beveled or cutting-flange at b, and a seriesof serrations," b. E represents a clip or block of metal, secured to theinner face of the blade (3 by screws e, which render it removable. Thisclip is constructed with two parallel projec tions, 6 under which ablock of rubber, 0 is placed, and which are provided with sharpenedteeth 0, which enter said rubber and hold it securely in place. Theouter edge of said rubber is cut to a convex curve nearly correspondin gto the curvature of the serrated jaw. When the shears are used forcutting roses, gathering grapes, or the like, the stems, after beingout, are held between the rubber and serrated jaw, and the fruit thusprevented from injury by handling or' falling. By unscrewing the clipthe shears are adapted for use in the ordinary work of prunin g. Fdesignates sprin gs attached to the handles A B, and designed to throwor force the jaw and blade apart. G is a leather band placed over thehandles, and buckled when the handles are brought together. The use ofthis belt is to relieve the hand in keeping the jaw and blade together,when it is required to carry the article cut to any considerabledistance.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the broad shearblade 0, of the curve b andserrated jaw 1), clip E, and rubber block 6 substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

2. The pruning-shears, provided with the clip E having theteeth e andrubber stemholder 6 substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE DANIEL SPIELMAN.

Witnesses:

J NO. H. SPIELMAN, VIRGIL E. SHAW.

